Coffee-making machine



Sept. 2 1930. H. L. LAMBERT 1,774,930

' comm: nxme momma Filed Sept. 5, 1929 R/ 5, 4 9 i 1.9- I

INVENTOR.

A. L LAMBERT,

. BY FIE Z5 0 A e ATTORNEY.

r 5 quality 'of Paten ed Sent. 2, 939 1 i v MA v eptwa -m is retw 92 e ww sm '1;; .t J

- "M r sntintention;tih tbraaetspect,

I I has. reference to improvements inf'apparetus formnaking eofi'ee of the type whic hiis motor e operated, time orquantity; centre11ed, fand 5 capable of makingt'cofi'ee infa relativelylarge quantities, say five orjten gallons at arti me',

' fin use in restaurants andthe l' ike; More er;

ticnla rly it islnypnfpo'sete provide-a device a of this character which is simple ttnd in construction; largely automatic in its qper ation and control; and-effective in thexprae v tieal production of eefiee beyei'age eff-high "grade. A specialnpurpose of j e sent,

apparatus 1s to greatlyZ'impr'ove upon the' eofieeflbeverege' contemplates the provision.

I theeffee bevel ege,thnsprodneei In order that the functions and*pnrposes of-my present inyention' maybe better undep stebd,"it is 'poi'ntedzontifthatfthe c qfievbean; when. roasted-,Pcontains"among1other thing s;- f 1 3 two. products 61' constituents;L'One ef these t is caifeineand itisthis element thittprednees thedelight fnl, pleasing coffee-taste that ap- V pealsito all coflee drinkergend thefgreatet' I the percentglg'e of cafieine extracted Whenthe age; the desirable I end te-be *obtai'neel is the complete extraction" of; caffeine ire'm -.the

' roasted tem. 5 The otherfelement lis tannin," -"tvhichhas astinging;*bittenanid undesit tble tastea n'd should be eli r'ninatedas far as pbssi ble from the resulting" hrewfefibevemgeqf It' has been estiln'ated thet the 'lzjwerage enp of Coffee served contains abqut lfiqgreinse-f good cup of Coffee 'is 'estimatedfte comm the: beans ten he extracted," andifaj. t rysmall peree'nta e of-ft'annin', ithe" undesinablef elel-f Y ,1 ment'." 7 afieine respondsqnickly tefbeiling" water; while, tannini's ,Yery slew gating-, ebut 7 icentinues toJoe .exti acte d l slewly fromrithef" grounds aslong as the grou'ndsja1e;iniwlater;

no matterxatwhat tem'p'efatnite t thnsg if fell brew is vce111pleted,lthetannin willeqntinuefte in ei'difectipn froin' the bvotter n up through coflee isbrelwed the better the resulting bevel a be e'e h whi h i P W centiielleddevibeisprbvid'd fer turning bfl the pewef te st'epthje flotw lofwater when t f caffeine and 2.30"gra ins of tennin/L A very xitnced we l-jifAmon'g'the a about 2420 e i df' efie z and I ;r x l e of tanni'n. Caiffeine is ninejhdrierefztetivefthang, tamnin, and rnore'easily extraeted',"and'nnde1 f propereenditions almost all of the caffeine in" be active even-"after the" eofieehtisbeen .COn

tamed. {T e prbductionfef he idaliclip of f coffee thefefefe hmsbeen foundto depend on meme usefe'fbqil'ing' wtter-ateboutma lc,

second; the reecfyefybfell ceflieinel; third; "re

"-dnetidnfljin recov ry oftannin" t'simuc'h as'istfi I possible encl; fourth, ebselnte elitninetibn of all 'gionndsfandsediment frorntlaeresulting brew p1" beverage. The prorlnetiqn pf fan ideal beverage is notes simple-esit?inayseem, s T since ems-far as Ifam @ware'no e Ofthe, pres 00' entjrnetheds ende appjztratuslservesto elimin-I ate allgrqunds andseeli'nneiltfi fiMy' present apparatus f r--pr ucingg a of an otitel I and an" inner receptacle the. in 65 net. receptacle containing I the eefiee to be. j.

Fahrenheit 'is 'feifeedf by Entomatic means thrqugh' the receptacle 'containing the coffee the "tO'p .of the reeepte ele. I Ovor I the top is pl t d fi te m nsiwvl ic s a the, groundsg andsediment in' thee'ofiee container endv ,p imi nly pu e qu w t h siredgcofiee flalvonieafleine, and bnteslight ,7 traeeefj tannin tojpass threugh. VThi's liquid" 7 pnbevemge is :dfz wn off at the tep, i'Theouti erreceptacle lsanlenelosnre and 1s seated one thel'desi liedi 2 19111111 c ofiee' he's been ip oi l hit eerbu d c fiee n m pw d d r nwi ndi e p t of w' sl er ept 'd sage efggounds endsedinient; third, positi'je v 1m yIb iq ly'and*ee y t ken ap rt;

parts being readily accessible; fifth,'the sere vice-s of a skilled mechanic are not necessary to setting up my apparatus and operating it,

' and; sixth, my apparatus may beoperated and very fine coffee made, without the utilization of special skill in'the making of coflee, or special familiarity with kitchen utensils and mechanics. Furthermore-any apparatus can be manufactured and sold at' a relatively moderate of order.

Other and equally important my I 'inventionewill become apparentas thedescription of the same proceedsjin greater detail, but interpretationof'the scope of the in vention shouldonly be conclusive when made in the light of the subjoined claims;

1 In the drawings.wherein-I'have illustrated a preferred form'of my invention ;f

I and Figure isa detail of the control mechanism forthe motor and pump; I In the drawings wherein l-ikecharac'ters of reference are used throughout the several views 'to-idesignate like or'similar parts The numeral designates the hollow base of my aiparatuswhich may be formed of cast iron, sheet metal or the like and. which is supported on asupporting; flange or feet (2) ;fthe base mayhave an opening and door for. access thereto, but :same are not shown.

The top of the base has, an openingtherein through which extends the screwthreaded boss (3), ofa flanged base'e'lementM) for the "cylindricalrip-standing outer'container (5) the top of the container (5); is rimmed as at (6) and has a hinge assembly (7) for a cover The. cover is held down, by arlink and toggle latch (-9) having a handle (10).

With-in the outer container is an inner 7 container or cartridge (11) which has a foramin'ated bottom plate or bottom plate pro vided With holes; (12), said bottom plate being designated ('13). In this container or -car tridgegis placed thecoffee grounds (not 7 shown) fromwhich the resulting coffee beverageis made. Over'the'top of the, con

taineror'cartridge 1 1 is a filtering device or sneer (1 4) which ish'eld in placeby the downwardly extendingannular flange: (15 'of the cover ior cap (8f),iwhenthexsame isclosedl,

forms a chamber above iity of'openings (17)} leading to the space betw nfthe inner 'fan'dfouterreceptacles and QQI Q s id p e e ns' de n y" .i 'l -8);, outlet? pipe L or'jconnecti'on (19) to a receiving reservoir (not shown.),.. for coffee beverage is ita'pped into the capto communia e with thespaee ,(18);

'1; As stated, the-boss. (3). extends through openinginl theitop ofthe base, and is (22) leading toa pumping cylinder price and is not-liable, to become out" Figure l i's a-vertical sectionof the assenr: liigure2f is an.,-eleyation of the container,-

held in place by a nut (20) to firmly mount and connect the container on the base. Tapped into an opening (20 in the boss is an elbow (21) the opening leads to the interior of container (11) as shown in Figure 1; and the elbow is connected to a pipe line mounted on a frame (2%) in the hollow base (1). A check valve (25) s interpolated in the pipe line so that the flow is directed only to' the'ca-rt'ridge ('11) and not back to the cylinder (23). 7 Another pipe line (26) leads to a source of hot water supply (not shown) and has a check valve (27) adjacent its point 7 outer container (5) and filled with the coffee grounds. It is then replaced, and the filter member (it) placed over it and the cap or cover latched down The motor (29) is now started which reciprocated the piston (28) and draws hotwater from the line-(26) and forces it through pipe line, (22) and thence up through the opening (20) through the foraminated base plate (12)-and into and up through the coffee grounds in the receptacle (11) thence out through the fllter member (14) into the space or chamber (16). From the chamber the resulting fluid passes through openings (17 in flange (15) into the space (18) whence it is drawn off through pipev (19) to the coffee reservoir (not shown) the filter member absolutely prevents the passage: ofgrounds and sediment; the action is' so swift that very little tannin is absorbed by the fluid passing through the grounds; the grounds cannot stand and drip or, impregnate the resulting beverage with undesirable by-products such as tannin, and a relatively large amount of verysuperior coffee can be brewed or distilled in a very short time.

Inorder that an exact volume of beverage may be'automatically determined, 1 provide a control device -foropening and closing the electric circuit to the motor (29). This control element'ineludes av plate (34) on the outside of the casing, apointer (35) and a er." The plate is .graduatedin gallons; on the shaft- (38?) is mounteda disc (38) which is notched. at (39 The shaft (37) is connected bya train of gears designated a-b c-,cl -1; with a gear .on the motor shaft (30 a spring (40) is" provided for tensioning the Without the knob (36) on a shaft (38) carrying the point- 7 with contact arm; (44:) to the motor, andithe fcircuit continues closed until"the,pin' (42) drops back into notch (39) as the disc is grad,-

it is desired to'sta'rt ithe" motor" the knob-is turned to bring the" pin (42) ofone contact arm (43)"outoifthe notch (39 )jand on the periphery of disc (38) this closes the circuit ually revolved by rotation of shaft" motordrive shaft; (30) when the Circuit is broken andthe motor-ceasesto operate. "For example We will saywthatthe pointer (35.) has been turned to five gallons on the calibrated plate (34) this would turn the disc (38) five notches on the friction driving pin ;(38) and" would operate sufliciently to pump five gal lons of Water before the pin (42) would again I "the charnberabiove the filtenjinjcombinationV I with mea 1s"-i"ntheholloyv base{torcontrolling; i 1 I drop into notch (39); that beingthe case about 'five'gallon's-of coffee Will be made, and

is again laid upon the fact that interpreta be conclusive when made in "Stlb]OlIl6l Cl8 1I11S. V ,1

p'olated in the system to force Water up throughthe vforaminated bottom and through the control device will then again'have to be set for the next pumping operation. As a usual thing the hot water iskept at a temperae ture about 212 F.

a It is believed that the operation' 'and ade v vantages of my apparatus are apparent from the foregoing to one skilled in theart to hich this invention relates," but specialemphasis tion of the scope of theinvention should only the light of the 1. A coffee making apparatus, comprisingfl T y I vfilter and c1ainpingithe i when ",the T'cap I is 1 closed rmnihenh m enthere e fi bination fwithautomatiemeans in theh'ol'low a receptacle for the cofieegroundshaving an; open top and a' foraminated"bottom,;a hot;

Water supply system leading into the base of the receptacle, a power driven' pump interthe write grounds,;a filter means over vthe v 111 combination With means forcontrolling the action of the'pumping means todetermine the amount grounds.

open top of the'receptacle and-sealing the contentslagainst exit'of all but: the liquid forced "up" through thereceptacle by the pump, a tap 'leading'ofi from above the filter,

of liquid passed through the ;cofit'ee 2. A coffee making apparatus, comprising a receptacle forthe coffee grounds having an 7 grounds,;means for driving the pumping unit, a, m)

liquid forced through the receptacle bythe Water'suppl'y system leading into theilbase of the receptacle, a pumping unit interpolated in the system to force Water up through the tacle andseated on the edgesthereofand seal-1.

inner 'andwuter receptacles at ajpointlabove the filter, and 7 said inner container being I so disposed with respect toithe outercontainerf open top I and a foraminatedfbottom,.i a'- hot;

fora'minated bottom 'a nvd through theicoffee a filter means over the opentop of the recep ing the contents against exit of all but; the

pump, an outer receptacle enclosing the first receptacle and having a cap forming a h m,

outer receptaclefenclosingthe firstjrecep'ta tefiabivythefiltrjin n asp Wings-e j fromthe clraniberaboveth filtenin ce ibinationyvith means for controlling 'the' action of tem'le'ad into the bottom ofgthe receptacle, a gfwer :operatediipumping unit iirthe hollow base foree'd through th r cptacle 'bythes um aip'oi t bf liquidpassedup through th A sP-inniereceptacle.": J=

A coffee makin apparatus,- "eemprisin g ta le, a p we ope d-' d "fora-minated bottom,i 'a hollowbase:-

eceptacle,ahot vvaterisupp'lysysg g 75 i ,diI'iiitej pola tedlil theisyst lfi;afifilterf 1' meansnvemhe" open top' oftheireceptacle and, v v s ated ongthe "edges thereoi;andsealing thei ,1 v

contents"against exitoffiall butj thei liquid :95;

a receptaclegfor, cofleefgr undsjhaving an o engtopg a hollmt:base-bebwthe receptacle hot 'vva'ters'ys' W ,o P r' g-' t;ifite Z "elated in the SyS'wIfi and 'containedin'the I afiIteroverth 'open'end efthe n oute'r'receptacle enclosin the i1 p basefor controlling the, action of thefpurnp open top, hollow base below the receptacle a receptacle forjcofiee grounds having ant-$ and supportingthe same, a hot ate'ir system 1 "leading intothe bottoms of the receptacle, a power operated pumping; unit in thefhollow base and interpolated in] the system for forc- 'ing hot Water throughthe"receptacleffrom, I 1 bottom to top and out through theitopfa" filter'means'jover-theopen,top of thereceptacle, an outer receptacle enclosing the first receptacle andhavinga cap formed'iwith a ,flange for holding thefifilter means in" P1 10 1 over-"the top of the first receptacle, said-flange Y i forming a chamber above the finermeans, 1f "andhaving openin'gs therein leading to a c space between the inner and. outer receptacles,

'a tap leading ofi from the space between the into; the? SPQ'GQ -bEtWGGIl; the inner and operationalf outer-receptacles when the pump is not in q 1 6,- A coffeemaking a receptacle for c0 ee groundshaving an open top, ahollow base vbelow the receptacle and. 1,supporting the same, ahot Water system leading into the bottomvof the receptacle, a,

power operated pumping unit in-the hollow base-and interpolated in the system for foreing-heewater through the receptacle from -bott'om to top-and-outthrough; the top, a; filter c meansover thetop oft-he. receptacle, an outer ,I receptacle enclosingthe first receptaele hav ing .ai hinged cap formed with a flange for holdingthe" filter meansli n place over, the

tdp or .thejfirst reeepta'clewhen the cap is clamped lo1ivi1v said inner receptacle being removably mollntfid with respectto: the base andoilter 1 "eceptaele,v slaid flange forming a chamber above the filter means and having "openings: therein I leading to a ep ace; between the inner anlout'er receptacles, a tap leading' oil from the space between theinner and outer receptacles at a point above the filter, andflsaid; inner container beingsodis- I posed with respectte the outer receptacle that grounds and sediment in the inner container will not drain intothespacelb'etween khereunto, c I

" I a 1 QHARIRYJL. LAMBERT;

' the innerrw and outer' receptacles when the pump is not in operat1-0n. v i v E 7 Thewappamtue as described in claim 6,;

in combination :With automatic means for controlling the operation of the power driven pump for determining the amount of hot water pumped into and through the cofiee grounds in the inner receptacle.

Z In testimonywhereof, I aflix my IMF apparatus, comprising 3 S g ature a 

